Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-16
CITY AND DISTRICT.
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
Young Men who Test their Strength ON
Land and Water.

Land and Water.
GOOD BALI PLAYING BY TIE wssHINGroSs-ASorBER
VICTORY OVER PIITsBURG-ECHOEs FROM THE BALL
FIELD-AAoSG THE BOATING MES-YEsTERDAY g
EEGArTA-wHAr HE BOAT CLUBS ARE DOING.
The washingtons won the game Yesterday from
the Pfttsburgs by OF 10 to In the way that
delights the public. The victory was batted out
In cold blood in the ninth inning after the ma
Jorty OF the spectators had given up all hope.
The contest was one OF the most interesting seen
IN Washington this season. The fortunes OF the
contestants changed repeatedly as the game pro-
gressed. and good plays received just recognition.
The Statesmen opened very encouragingly. They
made two in the first inning and four more In
the third, or seven hits, two by Hines. a three
Dagger and two Dagger by Daily, and singles by
Carroll, O'Brien and ARIEL. This heavy hitting
put the spectators in pleasant frame Of mind,
and they thought such commanding lead would
be inv1ncfble. Shaw must have thought cyclone
had struck him when the Plttsburgs got to work
on his curves In their half OF the third Five base
hits and several errors netted five runs, and mat
tiers became interesting.
The visitors kept up their good work and gained
Tour more runs In the next two innings with the
score nine 10 six against them the WashingtonS
had but lighting chance They managed TO squeeze
out run In the sixth and neither side scored until
the ninth, when the statesmen won the game
DAILY, the new man, and good one, TOO, stepped
up 10 the plate and drove hot ball TO ShOrt-Stop
and reached first base. O'Brien followed with a
cannon ball drive in the direction, and sent
Daily TO third reaching second himself. Nobody
out and a base hit Will tie the game" was the
murnur that passed through The crowd as
Farrell stepped up TO the plate. He got ball TO
suit, and sent IL sailing in the direction OF the
clubhouse. Beecher made desperate attempt TO
capture IT, but failed, and Farrell was on third,
with the game tied, before the ball was helded In
Myers then raped a neat single, and sent in the
winning run The Washingtons were retired e
do anything In their half OF the ninth. The
crowd cheered and yelled, Manager Gaffney smiled
complacently, and President Hewitt fairly beamed
delight Statesmen
third successive game
NOTES OF THE GAME.
Myers has been playing Il beautiful fielding game
all this week. He seems to have struck his gait
at second base. He covers plenty OF ground, and
seems anxious to try for anything. That's the
Nobody can say that Shaw didn't try to pitch yes
terday. The Pittsburg5 hit him hard, particularly
In the third and fourth innings. In the last four
innings not a hit was made OF his delivery. He
was not punished nearly so badly as the tnyin-
The spectators who yelled for Daily when Shaw
being pounded felt sorry for their Injustice be-
fore the game was concluded.
When the ChicagoS were here the other day An.
son laughingly denied that he ever said that he
could bring Washington in first or second. az
wouldn't say such thing, even II / thought 1t, I"
he said al will say one thing, though, and that
Is. tnal no club In the League Is better equipped
with pitchers than Washington"
Daily has captured the crowd principally be-
cause he does his level best at ali times He is
particularly good at driving a ball SAFE when
hits Fly ball he does not slacken his speed until
be hears the umpire cry shes out" Other men In
the team might learn a lesson In this respect.
Donnelly has been tndulgtng In errors lately.
he Is such an earnest player, however, that the
public IS inclined to overlook occasional Slip.
0Brien is continuing his hard hitting, but can
improve his base running by exercising his judy
ment a little more.
Farrell seems TO do as we'll at short as at sec
ond. He made an error yesterday which would
have been ridiculous but for the cost After drop
ping not liner he had plenty OF time to throw to
first, but the ball became tangled between his
feet and every time he attempted to pick it up he
kicked IL away.
Carroll Is fast getting back into his old FORM
Paul Hines Is playing his game, and everything Is
all right.
Manager Gafrney showed his wisdom In holding
on to Gilmore. He is splendid man TO put in the
box about once a week.
Little Miller, the P1ttsburg catcher, is probably
the quickest back-stop In the League. He moves
as II on springs.
Bob Barr says he has no intention OF joining any
club permanently. He Will play with the ROch-
esters during his vacation.
II Washington can win to-day she will take
sixth place from Pittsburg.
Other games played yesterday resulted as fol-
lows: Philadelphia, 3: Detroit, 2. Chicago, 5;
New York, l. indianapolis, 8; Boston, 3. ST. Louis,
3; Athletic. 2. Cincinnati, IL; Brooklyn g. Louis
Vile, - Baltimore, 1. Cleveland, z; Metropolitan 6.
The following Is the standing Of the clubs to
date: